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Planning Your Honeymoon On A Budget

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

A honeymoon should be a time to take a vacation from the craziness of planning the wedding, get to know each other under the best and most romantic of circumstances, and see a bit of ...

Honeymoon Registries

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

If you need a little help to afford your honeymoon, you can register for your honeymoon just like you register for wedding gifts. With a honeymoon registry, your friends and family can contribute to the ...

Top Five Domestic Honeymoon Destinations

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

If you have time constraints or financial concerns about the cost of your honeymoon, don't worry. You can plan a wonderful honeymoon within the continental United States, instead of traveling abroad. Though these honeymoon destinations ...

Wedding Gown Styles

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

When shopping for your wedding dress, you should first consider which gown style you prefer. When selecting your wedding gown style, consider the silhouette, sleeves, neckline, bodice and train. Following is guide to the basic ...

Preserving your Wedding Dress

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Even before your wedding day, you should plan on how you are going to preserve your wedding dress. Most brides find that their wedding dress holds a lot of sentimental value and therefore want to ...

Choosing Beach Wedding Attire

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

As destination weddings become increasingly popular, more and more couple are planning beach weddings. Though the beach makes a beautiful backdrop for a wedding, you must take extra consideration when planning your attire for a ...

Wedding Insurance

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

With so much on their minds already, today's bride and groom have yet another choice to make when it comes to planning their wedding... wedding insurance. In a nut shell, wedding insurance is exactly what ...

Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Weddings are getting more and more personal. From the choice of location to the food, couples these days seem intent on making the day a personal celebration of their pairing rather than walking in the ...

Children At Your Wedding Reception

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Many couples choose not to allow children at their wedding reception. And though the reasons for this are understandable, it can also be a positive thing to have children involved in your wedding. After all, ...

Wedding Etiquette - Who Pays for What?

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

In decades gone by, the bride's family took care of most all the wedding costs. However, times have changed. Now it's extremely common for the bride and groom to pay for the wedding expenses themselves, ...

Bridal Shower Games

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Gathering the Bride's closest friends and passing out unique bridal shower favors are just the beginning of a successful bridal shower. A good bridal shower host should make sure the attendees have a good time. ...

Do you need a Wedding Planner?

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

When you have a wedding to plan, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of details that need to be looked into. The frantic pace of events leading up to the actual day ...

Planning Your Wedding on a Budget

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Think about it. The average American wedding costs $27,000. A sizeable portion of this money tends to be tied up in unnecessarily lavish expenses, money that you could use to set up an apartment for ...

Wedding Day Weather Planning

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Repeat after me: Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will keep me from my appointed wedding. Planning a wedding is one of the most stressful ventures you will ever survive. A million details ...

Is a Destination Wedding Right for you?

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

While a traditional wedding in your hometown is wonderful for a multitude of reasons, many couples would rather opt for something more unique. One option is having a destination wedding. In recent years, destination weddings ...

Saving Money on Wedding catering

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Undoubtedly, the food will be one of the major costs of your wedding reception. Of course you want to make sure that you have enough food for all your guests, but you shouldn't break the ...

Wedding Photography Lasts a Lifetime

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

Wedding photographs capture the memories of your big day for a lifetime. Though the cost of elaborate wedding photography package can be very expensive, there are still many options even if you are planning your ...

Affordable Wedding Shower Ideas

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

One of the long standing wedding traditions is the wedding shower. Usually these parties are hosted by the mother or sister of the bride. They provide an opportunity for all the females to get together ...

Guide to Ceremony Music

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

The Prelude The prelude music is the music played 20 to 30 minutes prior to the beginning of your ceremony. This music establishes the mood of your wedding. You can utilizes a vocalist, an organist, ...

Rehearsal Dinner Basics

By Melissa Ingram · 16 years ago

What to Wear to Your Rehearsal Dinner A rehearsal dinner is a great chance for the couple to thank their families, friends and the bridal party before the wedding. The rehearsal dinner is traditionally held ...